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If there's any certainty in the current economy, it's that it is full of uncertainty. What you have done in your career and how you tell that story could be a critical component in your professional development; either at your current employment or in the future. Taking control of your career now is essential, and the advice that April Kelly shares in Spaghetti on the Wall: Branding and Networking … [Read more...]
Maria Martin is a woman working in a man's world. Does that sound sexist enough for you? Sorry, I don't mean it to be but let's face it, Maria comes from an "old world" family and is one of the few female tobacco blenders in the world. Let's just say she was born to be in this business. Maria is the CEO of the Martin Family Cigars including lines like the Pedro Martin Ruby, Gold, Corojo, … [Read more...]
That’s how he’s known. Let’s just say the leader Scott Rysdon of Sioux Steel Company takes an atypical approach to successfully running his family-owned business. An approach that he jokes could leave people thinking his Board of Directors begins each meeting with a heartfelt “Koom-bay-yah.” Rysdon assures me that his company, which provides progressive engineering solutions for grain … [Read more...]
Mountain Professionals seemed like a simple idea in 2000. That was the year that Ryan Waters and Dave Elmore met in South America, where both were working in the industry and both had the idea to start their own guiding company. As the guiding season progressed, so did the business plan, culminating with, what they call the "highest business meeting ever" on the top of Aconcagua. Mountain … [Read more...]
People who harvest timber out of the Black Hills are no longer just big burly men who lug giant chainsaws up the side of the mountain. Computers now play such an integral part of the lumber industry that Jim Neiman, vice-president of Neiman Enterprises said to me, “If you know anyone willing to work from your area and has a background in Electrical Engineering, send ‘em my way. We’ll put … [Read more...]
The Victory Junction Gang recently announced a site selection for its second, medical camping facility for children with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses. The expansion of Victory Junction will be located built on 71 acres in Wyandotte County, Kansas, pending Unified Government review and approval. Victory Junction Gang is a year-round facility that enriches the lives of … [Read more...]
We have managed to squeeze in a Voyage Solar System model in Downtown Kansas City. This area is now home to the second Voyage Exhibition in the world, thanks to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Voyage is a one to 10-billion scale model Solar System that stretches one mile between the Sun, positioned at 13th and Baltimore, and Explorers– the last stanchion, located in front of Union … [Read more...]
J. Byrne Murphy, MBA, is an entrepreneur who has created several companies across Europe over the last fifteen years. His book, LE DEAL: How A Young American, In Business, In Love, And In Over His Head Brought A Multi-Billion Dollar Industry To Europe, is best described as treatise on entrepreneurship with equal parts adventure, global economics, and political intrigue. What seemed like an … [Read more...]
Kevin Eichner is the 21st president of Ottawa University. He has hit the ground running. And, why not? He’s been preparing for this job his whole adult life. When Eichner graduated from Ottawa in 1973, he always assumed he would eventually become president of the University. He was ready to attend Michigan to work on an advanced education degree. “A consultant came along and asked … [Read more...]
Drive through downtown Sturgis anytime other than 2 weeks in August, and it's easy to come away thinking that nothing much happens here except during the motorcycle rally. But that’s just 10 days each year. The rest of the time, it’s a community with the same struggles and challenges of any small town. As I pulled in on an early Sunday afternoon, we were hard pressed to find anything … [Read more...]
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